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1. 1. Maintaining the Prison-Industrial Complex: Private Actors and Power : A Multi-Dimensional Power Analysis of CoreCivic and The GEO Group    

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

   Author : Linnéa Sturmhoefel Warnberg; [2021]
   Keywords : Prison-Industrial Complex; Power; Private Prisons; CoreCivic; The GEO Group;

   Abstract : Several scholars have studied the Prison-Industrial Complex (PIC) since the late 1990s. However, there is a lack of research on how private actors profiting from the PIC, such as private prisons, are maintaining and sustaining it. READ MORE

3. 2. Can Access to Fast Internet in Africa Promote HIV Awareness and Prevention? - Evidence from Nigeria

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

   Author : Marie Helen Günther; [2020]
   Keywords : HIV Awareness; HIV Prevention; Internet; Submarine Cables; Nigeria;

   Abstract : Can access to the global Internet improve health behaviour and outcomes in Africa? Providing health-related information through the Internet - free of charge, tailored specifically to patients' needs and accessible from anywhere, anytime - has proven to enhance users' mental and physical wellbeing in numerous researched cases. However, little is known about this relation in developing countries, where fast and internationally connected Internet arrived only a decade ago. READ MORE

4. 3. Attitude towards mobile advertising and purchase intention of Swedish customers : A quantitative study on the impact of message content and flow experience

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Företagsekonomi

   Author : Madawa Abeywickrama; Jana Vasickova; [2014]
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   Abstract : Due to the rapid technological development in information technologies, and mobile phone industry the usage of smart phone became a new trend consequently leading to more than one billion Smartphone users in the world. One of the most significant characteristic of those users is their growing need to be always connected to the Internet. READ MORE

5. 4. PeerSelector: A framework for grouping peers in a P2P system

   University essay from KTH/Skolan för informations- och kommunikationsteknik (ICT)

   Author : Rakesh Kumar; [2012]
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   Abstract : This master thesis presents a framework called PeerSelector that has been designed and implemented to group peers in a Peer-to-Peer (P2P) system according to certain criteria. The framework is portable and can be deployed with any distributed P2P system. READ MORE

6. 5. Performance Impacts through Intelligent Transport Systems : An Assessment of how to Measure and Evaluate

   University essay from IHH, Centre of Logistics and Supply Chain Management

   Author : Patrick Hofmeister; Matthias Kadner; [2011]
   Keywords : Intelligent Transport Systems; Performance Measurement; Evaluation; Technology Adoption; Geo-fencing;

   Abstract : This study assesses how to measure and evaluate performance impacts of IntelligentTransport Systems (ITS) in the transport chain.The importance of transportation in global trade has increased significantly in the lastdecades. READ MORE